The annotation and the usage of scientific databases could be improved with public issue tracker software.

ABSTRACT: Since the publication of their longtime predecessor The Atlas of Protein Sequences and Structures in 1965 by Margaret Dayhoff, scientific databases have become a key factor in the organization of modern science. All the information and knowledge described in the novel scientific literature is translated into entries in many different scientific databases, making it possible to obtain very accurate information on a biological entity like genes or proteins without having to manually review the literature on it. However, even for the databases with the finest annotation procedures, errors or unclear parts sometimes appear in the publicly released version and influence the research of unaware scientists using them. The researcher that finds an error in a database is often left in a uncertain s

SUBMITTER: Dall'Olio GM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3011984 | biostudies-literature | 2010

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature